Earlier this summer, Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn set about building a little village amid the Forest Houses, a city housing project in the South Bronx. This unique artwork, titled Gramsci Monument after the Italian political theorist Antonio Gramsci, comprises an exhibition space, a workshop, a stage, an Internet area, a lounge, and the Gramsci Bar—all of which are overseen by residents of the Forest Houses, some of whom worked alongside Hirschhorn to construct Gramsci Monument from the ground up. (Read more here.) The result of all of this considered effort, writes art critic Peter Schjeldahl in the new issue of The New Yorker, is “this year’s most captivating artwork.”
The magazine commissioned Tobias Hutzler to photograph Gramsci Monument to illustrate Schjeldahl’s piece, and he spent two days there observing and taking photos. Below, the image that was published, plus a selection of Tobias’ favorite images from his Gramsci shoots…
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A view of Thomas Hirschhorn’s “Gramsci Monument.” Photo by Tobias Hutzler for The New Yorker, July 29, 2013, issue.
Thomas Hirschhorn. Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
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